National Register of Historic Places

Swiftcurrent Auto Camp Historic District

Many Glacier, Glacier County, Montana
Listed
January 19, 1996
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
95001578

About this property

The Swiftcurrent Auto Camp Historic District preserves a portion of the built-up area of Glacier National Park that documents the second phase of tourist development in the park. After the creation of a series of hotels for train-borne visitors including the nearby Many Glacier Hotel, courtesy of the Great Northern Railway's hotel concession, facilities were developed for the increasing numbers of automobile-borne tourists, drawn to Glacier by the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The Swiftcurrent Auto Camp at Swiftcurrent Lake was created for these new tourists. It includes a rustic general store, built in 1935 by the Glacier Park Hotel Company, surrounded by a number of log tourist cabins., as well as a shower and laundry house and other supporting structures. In contrast to the prominent site of the nearby Many Glacier Hotel, the auto camp is located in stands of mature trees that block direct views of the surrounding mountains. The facilities were intended to provide an inexpensive, informal alternative to the hotels that had heretofore provided the bulk of tourist accommodations. The camp was built by the railroad's Glacier Park Hotel Company subsidiary, under pressure from the National Park Service to provide such accommodations.

Location

Many Glacier, Glacier County, Montana
48.79849, -113.67692

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Many Glacier Campground Camptender's Cabin
Industrial
0.1 mi
Swiftcurrent Ranger Station Historic District
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0.1 mi
Many Glacier Hotel Historic District
Listed
1 mi
Many Glacier Barn and Bunkhouse
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1.5 mi
Ptarmigan Tunnel
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4.1 mi

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When was Swiftcurrent Auto Camp Historic District listed on the National Register?

Swiftcurrent Auto Camp Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1996.

What type of historic resource is Swiftcurrent Auto Camp Historic District?

Swiftcurrent Auto Camp Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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